Candelaria concolor (Dicks.) Stein, 1879
| Common name | Candleflame | Code: CANDCON |
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| Field Characters | Minute leafy, yellow chlorolichen. Thalli appressed, in well-formed rosettes. Lobes minute, typically less than 0.5 mm across, branching dichotomously. Upper cortex bright yellow, matte, lacking pruina or pseudocyphellae. Lower cortex white and well-developed with abundant, well-formed, simple rhizines. Sorediate/blastidiate, with granular soredia or blastidia along margins. Apothecia rare. | |
| Similar species & genera |
Candelaria pacifica: lobes more ascending than appressed, sometimes dissolving into blastidia, lower cortex absent or poorly formed; more common in Alberta.
Polycauliona: orange, cortex K+ purple. |
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| Ecology | Epiphytic and on downed wood. Rare in the southern boreal and parkland region, including urban boulevard habitats (Haughland et al. 2022). | |
| Chemistry | Upper cortex K- (or K+ deeper yellow), C-, KC-, P-. Medulla K-, C-, KC-, P- (calycin, pulvinic dilactone). | |
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| Gallery |
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- Candelaria concolor (left) and C. pacifica (right), Edmonton, AB (reproduced from Haughland et al. 2022)
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- Candelaria concolor, Ottawa, ON
